Any of you guys bleed fish that you're going to keep to improve the flavor?
Never tried it, but I'm thinking about it with the drum I've been catching.
Never tried it, but I'm thinking about it with the drum I've been catching.
I've had people tell me they leave catfish in a tub of clean water overnight (before they clean them) to flush out the muddy taste, but I can't say I've ever heard of bleeding a fish.
Yes, I cut the gills on one side and toss em in the live well. Never tried it on drum, haven’t caught any in a few years, but it does make a taste difference on every fish I bleed out. With all my fish, I rip the blood line out, which takes the muddy taste out, as well as any bones. I can’t eat channel cat without doing it, drum taste similar, so I bet that would help too.
I think that British chef guy is generally a pompous posterior but I remember somebody sent me a link to a video of him learning how to noodle for catfish in Oklahoma.
The locals told Chef Jackwagon that you need to bleed the catfish (around 4:50 in the video).
I hadn't heard of that before (but I'm a lousy fisherman).
The locals told Chef Jackwagon that you need to bleed the catfish (around 4:50 in the video).
I hadn't heard of that before (but I'm a lousy fisherman).
Never have intentionally, jabbed a few who have bled quite a bit while cleaning but not on purpose. Just cut the red meat off and throw them in the fryer.
"...make you say words you haven't said in a long time."
I don't think there ARE any words he hasn't said in a long time!
I watch almost all of his shows, but I've never really figured out why. I think I first started with Hell's Kitchen, 'cause I was like Thank GoodnessI don't work for that guy!! I think some of the abrasiveness is exaggerated for TV, although I'm sure it's there. Most of it on Hell's Kitchen is obviously to put pressure on the competitors. STILL not sure how I got interested in watching him.... he's funny sometimes though.
I read somewhere once that some random guy on the street met him and offered him $500 to call him a donkey, and he wouldn't do it. The guy got up to $5000, and Ramsey turned him down. He said if I yell at you, it will only be because I'm genuinely mad at you.
I cut the gills on catfish before I clean them, mostly because it kills them quick (they need to be in the water when you do this).
Grandma would cut the tail off a big flathead while it was hanging and let it bleed out, said it made the meat better. I honestly can't tell a difference.
Grandma would cut the tail off a big flathead while it was hanging and let it bleed out, said it made the meat better. I honestly can't tell a difference.
I noodled pretty hot and heavy in the early 90's for a few years and I always hung and cut the tails off flatheads to let them bleed out simply because that is what I was told to do when I first started noodling........never ate them without being bled first so I don't have a flavor comparison between bled and un-bled meat.
I wonder if he ate it
Mike Stunson
Thu, August 5, 2021, 3:08 PM
A Missouri man is a new world-record holder after a behemoth fish he caught last month — but not without a little help.
The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed Thursday the 125-pound, 5-ounce bighead carp shot by Matt Neuling shattered the previous record of 104 pounds, 15 ounces. The bowerfisherman shot the fish July 24 while with a friend on Lake Perry.
Neuling said he and his friend initially thought it was a 30-pound grass carp they both shot. His arrow stayed in, and his friend shot it another time to help catch it.
“We just couldn’t believe it,” he said, according to the MDC. “We knew what type of fish it was, but we had never seen one that size. This thing is a straight up monster. A five-gallon bucket could easily fit in its mouth. If my buddy wasn’t with me, there was no way I could have pulled it out of the water.”
Missouri’s records are kept for two fishing methods — the standard pole and line, as well as alternative. The latter method includes bowfishing, spearfishing, gigging, grabbing, archery, throwlines and more.
The state record for a bighead carp caught with a pole and line came in 2004, when Kyle Schneider caught an 80-pound monster on the Lake of the Ozarks.
“It’s just crazy,” Neuling said. “You know, I set that goal of breaking a record every time I go out to fish, but I never would have thought I’d be breaking a record with this fish.”
Andrew Branson, MDC fisheries program specialists, estimates the carp shot by Neuling is 10 years old. Bighead carp are an invasive species and officials encourage fisherman to remove them from the water.
‘A straight up monster.’ World record 125-pound bighead carp caught by Missouri man
Mike Stunson
Thu, August 5, 2021, 3:08 PM
A Missouri man is a new world-record holder after a behemoth fish he caught last month — but not without a little help.
The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed Thursday the 125-pound, 5-ounce bighead carp shot by Matt Neuling shattered the previous record of 104 pounds, 15 ounces. The bowerfisherman shot the fish July 24 while with a friend on Lake Perry.
Neuling said he and his friend initially thought it was a 30-pound grass carp they both shot. His arrow stayed in, and his friend shot it another time to help catch it.
“We just couldn’t believe it,” he said, according to the MDC. “We knew what type of fish it was, but we had never seen one that size. This thing is a straight up monster. A five-gallon bucket could easily fit in its mouth. If my buddy wasn’t with me, there was no way I could have pulled it out of the water.”
Missouri’s records are kept for two fishing methods — the standard pole and line, as well as alternative. The latter method includes bowfishing, spearfishing, gigging, grabbing, archery, throwlines and more.
The state record for a bighead carp caught with a pole and line came in 2004, when Kyle Schneider caught an 80-pound monster on the Lake of the Ozarks.
“It’s just crazy,” Neuling said. “You know, I set that goal of breaking a record every time I go out to fish, but I never would have thought I’d be breaking a record with this fish.”
Andrew Branson, MDC fisheries program specialists, estimates the carp shot by Neuling is 10 years old. Bighead carp are an invasive species and officials encourage fisherman to remove them from the water.
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